Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 232
g. &4. — Orans in palla, fresco in thcrypt of Lucina. Second century. PAINTIXG-The Orans 203 deny the symbolical significance of the orans. The attitudeof prayer comported with the situation of the soul at themoment of death: it represented at once thanksgiving fordeliverance from death, and… … Fig. 65. — Orans with dalmatic and veil, catacomb of Callistus. Third century. Lucina, which was decorated early in the second century, anorans of a thoroughly hieratic type (Fig. 64) is twice repre-sented, alternating with the figure of the Good Shepherd. Inthis case, the figure is clothed in the…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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